A Companion to Robert Altman

Description:


A Companion to Robert Altman presents myriad aspects of
Altman?s life, career, influence and historical context. This
book features 23 essays from a range of experts in the field,
providing extensive coverage of these aspects and dimensions of
Altman?s work.




The most expansive and wide-ranging book yet published on
Altman, providing a comprehensive account of Altman?s
complete career

Provides discussion and analysis of generally neglected aspects
of Altman?s career, including the significance of his work in
television and industrial film, the importance of collaboration,
and the full range and import of his aesthetic innovations

Includes essays by key scholars in ?Altman
studies?, bringing together experts in the field, emerging
scholars and writers from a broad range of fields

Multi-disciplinary in design and draws on a range of approaches
to Altman?s work, being the first substantial publication to
make use of the recently launched Robert Altman Archive at the
University of Michigan



Offers specific insights into particular aspects of film style
and their application, industrial and aesthetic film and TV
history, and particular areas such as the theorisation of space,
place, authorship and gender